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Squat Jar with Lug Handles
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About this work
Buff-colored pottery decorated in red paint is characteristic of the later Predynastic period. The spirals and wavy lines on this jar imitate the appearance of more costly vessels made of hard stones.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSquat Jar with Lug Handles, c. 3400–3300 BCE. Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada IIb (3650–3300 BCE). Marl clay pottery; diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.); diameter of mouth: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); overall: 14.5 x 23.2 cm (5 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1920.1987
